Ukraine has developed armor-piercing ammunition EFP-S for FPV
Ukraine has developed a new EFP-S ammunition for FPV drones, which is capable of penetrating armored vehicles.
This is stated in the document about the ammunition, which is freely available on the Teroborony website.
The product, weighing only 1 kg, belongs to the Shock Wave Dynamics (SWD) ammunition family.
The warhead of the EFP-S ammunition has a “shock core”, powerful armor-piercing effect and a long range of remote destruction.
It is used against lightly armored vehicles (ACS, BMP, APC), which are protected by anti-cumulative and anti-drone means.
The document states that the armor penetration is 25 mm. The range of impact is from 1.5 m to 50 m.
The weight of the striking element is 165 g. The speed of the striking element reaches 1800 m/s.
At the same time, the warhead can be equipped with the explosive C4 (420 g) or PVV-5a (390 g), which consists of 85% hexogen.
EFP-S consists of:
removable part of the body;
screws for fastening the removable part;
a cap for fixing the detonator;
an adapter for attaching to the drone frame;
a sight for aligning the course camera;
a rubber pad.
One of such devices was developed by the Ukrainian company Shock Wave Dynamics. TechWp reports that it was made using a 3D printer, and this special fragmentation microbomb contains not only explosives, but also a large number of bullets. One type is a bomb called FRAG-05-975, designed to combat manpower. It weighs 900 grams and contains 975 bullets, which, after hitting the target, fly in all directions. The effective radius of destruction is up to 14 meters, reports MilIn, so if there are 10 soldiers in the area, one microbomb can neutralize them all at once.
The munition structure is attached to the FPV drone using nylon clamps.
The manufacturers stated that for effective operation it is necessary to ensure remote detonation of the EFP-S munition and to calibrate the course camera before hitting.
Recall that in recent months, the Russian military has begun to hit FPV drones with new anti-personnel ammunition from the Shock Wave Dynamics family.
